Nemegtosaurus

Nemegt lizard

• Nemegt · Mongolian · the Nemegt Basin/Formation in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name refers to the Nemegt Basin (Nemegt Formation) in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, where the skull was found. "Nemegt" comes from a Mongolian name for the area, and the Greek "sauros" (lizard) was added as is usual for dinosaur names. It was named for the place of discovery.

Named by

Nowinski

Year named

1971

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

A titanosaurian sauropod (often considered a lithostrotian) known mainly from a skull with a long, rather diplodocid-like muzzle. The type species is Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis. Some researchers have linked it to the body material of Opisthocoelicaudia.